Matthew Sylvester
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Tony Blauer – It’s not who’s right, it’s who’s left
Combat magazine has a well-deserved reputation for speaking to market-leaders and finding out they have not only devised the system they teach, but also why they devised the systems. Tony Blauer is one such market-leader and is the founder of the world-famous SPEAR™ system, as well as the inventor of the High Gear™ suit. Both … Continue reading
Superstars – Yuen Biao – Acrobatic Genius!
Quite simply, Yuen Biao is a god-like genius. His fight scenes are astounding and use his considerable acrobatic skill to amaze the viewer. He was born Hsia Ling-Jun in Hong Kong, and was the fifth child of eight. He studied at the Peking Opera School alongside such other greats as Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan, … Continue reading
Master Choi Jung Hwa – TKD the Art – Part Two of the exclusive intereview
In part one of this enlightening interview, Master Choi was kind enough to share his memories of his father, and his early days learning Taekwondo. In part two we move on to discuss Taekwondo the art and Master Choi’s views on sparring, unification, the Olympics and how he views it as a whole. Taekwondo the … Continue reading
Morne Swanepoel – JKD Unlimited – Background Interview
Combat – What was your first experience of the martial arts? MS – I started training when I was 4 years old. My Father enrolled me into an Amateur Wrestling gym and Karate School. So twice a week I would go train some Wrestling and twice a week some Karate. Was great to start at … Continue reading
Rocky Sondhi – It’s all in the feet!
Rocky Sondhi and Tommy Thompson are two long-running members of the Combat and Fighters correspondent team. They are also well-known authors of the book ‘TVP Comprehensive Boxing Concepts’. Following on from this success they have just produced a DVD with Summersdale. I could tell Rocky was champing at the bit to tell me about the … Continue reading
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